Total current expenditure for my Department at the end of October was €272.6 million. This represents an underspend of just under €5 million or 1.8% compared to profiled expenditure. The underspend is mainly due to funding being drawn down at a slower than anticipated level. On the capital side, total expenditure at the end of October was €68.2 million, an underspend of €30.7 million or 31% compared to profiled expenditure. As the capital programmes administered by my Department are primarily demand driven, it is difficult to profile expenditure accurately and the underspend on the capital programmes is mainly due to a slower than anticipated drawdown of funding. There are a number of major items of capital expenditure which will fall due before the end of the year.
Detailed expenditure outturns for the full year will be available at the end of December.